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"Now a Disney Channel Original Movie, Megan Shull's smart and funny twist on Freaky Friday is perfect for fans of Wendy Mass, Jerry Spinelli, and Jon Scieszka! With one random wish, Jack and Ellie are living life in each other's shoes. He's her. And she's him. ELLIE assumed popular guys didn't worry about body image, being perfect, or talking to girls, but acting like you're cool with everything is tougher than it looks. JACK thought girls had it easy--no fights with bullies, no demanding dads, no power plays--but facing mean girls at sleepovers and getting grilled about your period is way harder than taking a hit to the face at sports practice. Now they're dealing with each other's middle school dramas--locker room teasing, cliques, video game battles, bra shopping, and a slew of hilariously awkward moments--until they hopefully switch back! Told in both Jack's and Ellie's voices, The Swap offers a fresh and honest take on tween friendship, all while exploring more serious themes of family, loss, empathy, and what it really means to be yourself. And as Jon Scieszka says, it's ""seriously, truly, fearlessly funny!"""

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Seventh-grader Ellie O'Brien and eighth-grader Jack Malloy are given a surprising gift when they are suddenly able to literally view life through each other's eyes...Readers curious about how the other half lives will thrill at this view from the far side of the fence. -- Kirkus Reviews Told in alternating perspectives, Shull creates two authentic main characters with unique tween voices. They deal with familial issues (death, divorce) as well as social (bullying, sibling relationships, friends) with clumsy grace. The book is heartbreaking and hilarious-truly evocative of middle school experiences. A great, entertaining read that will appeal to boys and girls. -- School Library Journal Ellie and Jack barely know each other, but when a chance meeting in the nurse's office results in a body-switch for the weekend, they get to walk in each other's shoes-and discover they kind of like them...Shull keeps this story fast and fun. -- Publishers Weekly Funny, honest, and touching, The Swap is the perfect book for tweens ready to learn what's going on inside the minds (and bodies) of the opposite gender. Jack and Ellie are such wonderful characters and those brothers-wow! -- Frances O'Roark Dowell, New York Times bestselling author of Dovey Coe and The Secret Language of Girls A beautiful feat of swapped voices. Hilarious! Seriously, truly, fearlessly funny. And I don't want guys to miss it. -- Jon Scieszka, New York Times bestselling author The Swap kept me turning pages way past my bedtime! Hilarious and yet surprisingly touching at the same time. -- Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries series

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Megan Shull is the award-winning author of many books for kids, including The Swap, now a Disney Channel Original Movie. Megan holds a doctorate in educational psychology from Cornell University, where she also earned her undergraduate degree. Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, Megan lives and writes in her hometown--a small college town surrounded by waterfalls, quiet, rolling hills, and secret swimming holes. Cassandra Morris has received critical acclaim for her voice-over work from Publishers Weekly and AudioFile magazine, earning a dozen Earphones Awards and twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. Her voice has also been heard on television in commercial campaigns and numerous Nickelodeon and Disney products. She is the voice of many cartoon characters, including Leo and Luna in Yu-Gi-Oh, Carrie in Barbie: A Fairy Secret, Nathan in Pokemon, and Lola in Angelo Rules. Jesse Bernstein is an audiobook narrator and winner of seven AudioFile Earphones Awards. His many works include The Battle of the Labyrinth, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Girls, Chasing Windmills, and Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson Series.

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